The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1887-06-15
Our Washington Letter.
[Frcm Oar Own Correspondent
W2sE1SGroS. D. c., juno 9, 1887,

Washington is left aione among the beau
" OF its mighty cultivated parks. lie Nn-
::onal Drlll Is now 4 thing o.: the past, c.d
, very bad dream i: is feared financially:
,!rr,.u. tLa5 Will assume painful reality
whan TIE promoters OF the affair have to
make GOOD the reported deficit Of 0,0G0.
B.r there IS 10 authentic statement Of The
eApcnseS VI, presented. indeed it IS not yet
,5ss:5l9 t. haye had IN all TIE items oi ex-
0ensp. and q better showing may be hoped
to. OF the drill Itself, there can be 40
Gaesti N Of is success. In point OF num-
Ga;2l, and welcomed Such q vast area :rs
the portion allotted to the camp. ana SO
large a space rs the drill ground would have
:e:jrir@d three times the numb OF men
VINO attended TO have tiiieG i. and as tue
?.eDaEa: ons were made for a great number
tue expenses have been proportlonatcly
great The committee a:e out OF pocket
;.crhaps, the Toledo Cadets have had tneli'
ii;st and bitter disappointment assuas>d by
taeir brilliant reception ii home, and tie
tyo home companies, the Washington
Light infantry tne the National E!t.cS, are
l.,;t;e forever bitter foes, and so endeth Ia:
dull, happily IN spit OF many things noi
i!a0pv IN themselves.
ine an1."al session Of tAe association Of
Mechanics and Engineers has been held
here this week. GhiS organization num-
b.cs over seven hundred members. ali o.
them are not present al tais session, low
cye.. but representatives from al parts OF
the Union are. On Wednesday evening
they were given reception at the beautiful
residence OF eX.CoMrlss!cner Dent. This
uovse is enc of the huLdSola=St III the city
in regard to view and situation; it is ur-
doubiatliv one Of the finest in the District
OF Colum bia On Georgetown Heights, IN 4
9arl OF noble Old oak trees, the broad house
with It's wide balls and windows, has ar air
OF Soii(iity and pef!naIc2ce not often 10 be
r;e. .sith Ill American houses. lie recep-
ton was largely attended by many rrolul-
nert persons. residents and visitors, and
the members Of the association, with Jhe
aaies accompanying them, must take away
with them the piea>anteSt impressions OF
Washington, as indeed any visitor here dur
ING :hc month OF Nay nlus: be sure to &.
The coant OF the cash IN the Treasury
prior to the transfer of the Office OF Ireasur-
,.r from Mn jordan 70 Mr. James ". Hyatt,
81. Norv:al?i Conn, has began and VIII con
t:nu. indefinitely. The National Sank
Notes, the L@@al Tenders. and silver Ctrt-
lic,.tes, We're counted in two days. but when
j; comes to silver dollars piled stack upon
stack in the waits, i is a1cthet matter. /.
tie ,jen WHO s.ccectl,,; IL toccin9 the max
.I.s {: 4 law I" purc!l.ls two million OF SlI,
yer bniiiou a month (2.5J0,Cui standard s.!-
veg tlol'ars} cou!l w.tn"Ss this count, the!
might probably realize the enormity other
ottunSc. Each thousand dollars weigh sixty
pounds, and IS tied IL a separate bag. The
bags are passed one by one down Il !lAe OF
rom eight to twenty men according to the
distance to be tTaversed from one varllt to
a,.othe-, each bag is weighed II the pres
arlce OF: committee, ana piled up AGAIN ID
vaults that have 20 ne b:aced up by strong
beams on the outside to prevent the silver
from bursting the walls. Livery available
space in the Treasury is now occupied Ey
these bags Of metal, and some idea Of thc
magnitude OF the subject may be reached
and brought nearer 4 practicable conception,
when i is understood that this store Is add
cd 70 each ronr:. 6y fifteen thousand pounds
Of silver in five thousand bags. Whe:e will
il end: When viii ii stop: Washington
Will bccom, /, second Po:lpcl, ana DC bari
cd. not IN aShess. hntin silver.
The teetlDg character Of Washington life
WAS most sadly eXcn!riited the other day,
wien it Was desired TO give Sir I i"%rd
Thornton. the tormer Minister from Great
Britain 20 the a!tul States, Il ulnncr- ST
Edward was requested 70 make out 4 lis: oi
those OF his to.iae2 friends mere he would
like TO meet again. lie did 50, and ot all
that list, NUN icriHg men once active anu
prominent IL political and social llte, but
one could b. touH;; il the town. The 9TH
ars where: Dead OF forgotten in IL, o3llv-
ion oi some distant small town.